id:			122293
accession number:	1942.599
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.599
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:52.431000

Chest of Drawers (Commode), c. 1775–1792. Attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier (French, 1735–1807), mounts in the style of Pierre Joseph Désiré Gouthière (French, 1732–1813/14). Oak, coralwood, mahogany veneer, marble top, gilt bronze mounts; overall: 90.8 x 131.5 x 59.7 cm (35 3/4 x 51 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.599

title:				Chest of Drawers (Commode)
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creation date:			c. 1775–1792
creation date earliest:		1770
creation date latest:		1797
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	France, style of Louis XVI, 18th Century
technique:	oak, coralwood, mahogany veneer, marble top, gilt bronze mounts
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Claude-Charles Saunier (French, 1735–1807)  - artist

* Pierre Joseph Désiré Gouthière (French, 1732–1813/14)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 90.8 x 131.5 x 59.7 cm (35 3/4 x 51 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John L. Severance.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 237; Reproduced: p. 239
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n236/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 45, cat. no. 86; Reproduced: p. [51], Plate XXIII, cat. no. 86
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n49

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